Pariti takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy applies to our website (https://www.pariti.io/), mobile apps, other websites or platforms owned or operated by Pariti, and our interactions with you online, over the phone, and in person (collectively, the “Services”). By using our Services, you accept this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (located at: https://www.pariti.io/legal), which are hereby incorporated. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services.

Below we describe the personal data we collect, how we use such data, and your privacy choices, and other information.

1. Information Collection

We may collect your name, phone number, postal address, email address, financial account information (e.g., bank information of your employees, customers, suppliers and vendors), payment information, and other information that you provide to us by phone, email or any other means.

The ways in which we collect personal data from you may include (but are not limited to) the following:

a. Visiting our website or platform;

b. Subscribing to a service;

c. Purchasing goods or services;

d. Contacting us with questions, requests or feedback;

e. Participating in our events;

f. Signing up for alerts or newsletters; and

g. Applying for a job.

We may use third-party service providers to collect, store, or process your personal data. For processing payments, we will use third-party providers such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors. Please note that we may collect and store data such as bank information for employees, customers, suppliers and vendors and pass it along to the payment processors.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

In addition, we collect information regarding your visit of our website using automated tools that are detailed below. These tools may collect information about your behaviour and your computer system, such as your internet address (IP address), the pages you have viewed, and the actions you have taken while using our Website. Some of the tools we use to automatically collect information about you may include:

      .  Cookies. A “cookie” is a small data file transmitted from a website to your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Instead, we use cookies to help you personalise your online experience. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenient feature to save you time. A cookie helps us to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the customised features.We may use the following categories of cookies on our website:

      . Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have requested cannot be provided.

      . Performance Cookies. These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our website to help us understand how you arrive at our website, browse or use our website and highlight areas where we can improve, such as navigation. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.

      . Functionality Cookies. These cookies remember choices you make on our website. This information can be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make your visits to our website more tailored to your preferences. The information in these cookies may be anonymised. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

If you do not wish to have cookies on your devices, you may turn them off at any time by modifying your internet browser’s settings.

However, by disabling cookies on your device, you may be prohibited from full use of the website’s features or lose access to some functionality.

3. How Pariti Uses Your Data

By using our Services, you agree that we may collect, use and disclose your personal data you provided to us for any of the following purposes:

a. to provide you with our Services, which sometimes requires sharing data with third-party partners to provide Services you request;

b. to bill for any of our goods or services provided to you;

c. process your payments for goods or services;

d. communicate with you;

e. to respond to your queries or requests;

f. to conduct surveys and market research;

g. to manage our business operations and to improve our Services;

h. to investigate any wrongdoing or abuse in relation to our Services or relating to our rights or property;

i. for legal purposes, including obtaining legal advice, managing disputes and risks, complying with any laws; and

j. any other purposes that are consistent with our legal requirements.

You agree that we may collect, use and disclose your personal data for providing the following types of marketing communications: newsletters and updates via email and information about our Services via email.

If we ask for your personal data for marketing purposes, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent or provide you with an opportunity to decline participation at any time.

4. Data Sharing

We will only use and disclose your personal data for the purposes you have been notified of, or which are permitted under applicable laws and regulations.

We may disclose your personal data if we are required or permitted to by law, regulation, or court order, to protect our rights and property, or if there is a change in ownership of Pariti or our assets.

We also may share aggregated information (which means, information about you and others collectively, but not specifically identifiable to you) and other non-personal data we collect for our own business-related purposes.

5. Third-Party Websites

Our Services may provide links to websites and online resources. These links are provided for your convenience, but these websites and resources are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should carefully review the privacy policy and terms of use for any website you access through a link from our website.

Unless specifically stated, we do not intend to imply any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with any linked website. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any businesses or individuals or the content of their websites. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, products, services and content of any other third parties.

6. Third-Party Websites

Pariti is based in Kenya, but our servers are based in Europe. If you are an international user, the information you submit to us and that we automatically collect as a result of your using the website may transferred to either Kenya or to Europe, where the privacy and data protection rules may differ from those in your country.

7. Information Security

To protect your personal data, we take reasonable precautions to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

However, we cannot fully guarantee to secure personal data from cyber-attacks, such as hacking, spyware and viruses. You cannot hold us liable for any unauthorised disclosure, loss or destruction of personal data arising from such risks.

We will not store personal data longer than necessary but will cease to retain the personal data when it is no longer required for the purposes we originally notified you for or any business or legal needs.

8. How You Can Access or Correct Information

You can contact us to access the personal data that we have collected about you online or from our Services, or to update your user profile. All requests to have personal data removed from our databases or physical storage facilities will be considered and performed within our reasonable abilities and timelines. After you have provided us with your personal data, you may withdraw your consent at any time for us to contact you, for us to continue collecting your data, or for us to use or disclose your information.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@pairit.io

9. Children’s Information

Pariti’s Services are intended for adults, and they are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. If we become aware of any personal information that we have collected about minors, we will take steps to remove it from our systems.

10.Changes to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Policy by placing a notice on our website. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you are aware of our current privacy practices.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at info@pariti.io.